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Gloria M. Petersen

Gloria M. Petersen

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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Best Female Scientists

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138
Citations
101876
World Ranking
254
National Ranking
160

Medicine

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141
Citations
109573
World Ranking
1587
National Ranking
927

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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Gloria M. Petersen is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on pancreatic and hepatic oncology, with a significant concentration on cancer genomics, diagnostics, and molecular biology. Their extensive publication record spans key fields such as biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a notable emphasis on oncology and cancer research.

Their major areas of study include:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • BRCA Gene Mutations in Cancer
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment

They have contributed to over 80 publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology and nearly as many in medical sciences. Their work is highly represented in several subfields, including oncology, genetics, molecular biology, cancer research, and surgery.

Frequent venues where their research is published include:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • JAMA Oncology
  • Clinical Cancer Research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gloria M. Petersen include:

  • Targeting DNA Damage Response and Replication Stress in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • HNF4A and GATA6 Loss Reveals Therapeutically Actionable Subtypes in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Risk of Pancreatic Cancer Among Individuals With Pathogenic Variants in the ATM Gene, 2021, JAMA Oncology
  • The age-dependent association of risk factors with pancreatic cancer, 2022, Annals of Oncology

Among frequent collaborators, they have co-authored multiple publications with Alison P. Klein, Kari G. Rabe, Michael Goggins, Laufey T. Ámundadóttir, and Harvey A. Risch. These collaborations indicate a network strongly focused on pancreatic cancer research and related genetic epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    Vésteinn Thorsson;David L Gibbs;Scott D Brown;Denise Wolf

  • Genomic analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer

    Bailey P;Chang Dk;Nones K;Nones K;Johns Al

  • Clues to the pathogenesis of familial colorectal cancer

    Lauri A. Aaltonen;Päivi Peltomäki;Fredrick S. Leach;Pertti Sistonen

  • Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Mutations of a mutS homolog in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

    Fredrick S. Leach;Nicholas C. Nicolaides;Nickolas Papadopoulos;Bo Liu

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

    Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Mutation of a mutL homolog in hereditary colon cancer

    Nickolas Papadopoulos;Nicholas C. Nicolaides;Ying Fei Wei;Steven M. Ruben

  • Mutations of chromosome 5q21 genes in FAP and colorectal cancer patients

    Isamu Nishisho;Yusuke Nakamura;Yasuo Miyoshi;Yoshio Miki

  • Pancreatic cancer genomes reveal aberrations in axon guidance pathway genes

    Andrew V. Biankin;Andrew V. Biankin;Andrew V. Biankin;Nicola Waddell;Karin S. Kassahn;Marie Claude Gingras

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Mutations of two PMS homologues in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer.

    Nicholas C. Nicolaides;Nickolas Papadopoulos;Bo Liu;Ying Fei Weit

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Benjamin J. Raphael;Ralph H. Hruban;Andrew J. Aguirre;Richard A. Moffitt

  • Very High Risk of Cancer in Familial Peutz—Jeghers Syndrome

    Francis M. Giardiello;Jill D. Brensinger;Anne C. Tersmette;Steven N. Goodman

  • The Molecular Basis of Turcot's Syndrome

    Stanley R. Hamilton;bo Liu;Ramon E. Parsons;Nickolas Papadopoulos

  • National Institutes of Health consensus development conference statement: management of hepatitis B.

    Michael Floyd Sorrell;Edward A. Belongia;Jose Costa;Ilana F. Gareen

  • Recommendations for follow-up care of individuals with an inherited predisposition to Cancer. II. BRCA1 and BRCA2

    Wylie Burke;Mary Daly;Judy Garber;Jeffrey Botkin

  • Genetic Mapping of a Locus Predisposing to Human Colorectal Cancer

    Päivi Peltomäki;Lauri A. Aaltonen;Pertti Sistonen;Lea Pylkkänen

  • Molecular diagnosis of familial adenomatous polyposis

    Kenneth W. Kinzler;Bert Vogelstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Laufey T. Amundadottir
Laufey T. Amundadottir National Institutes of Health
Alison P. Klein
Alison P. Klein Johns Hopkins University
Brian M. Wolpin
Brian M. Wolpin Harvard University
Harvey A. Risch
Harvey A. Risch Yale University
Kari G. Rabe
Kari G. Rabe Mayo Clinic
J. Michael Gaziano
J. Michael Gaziano Brigham and Women's Hospital
Michael Goggins
Michael Goggins Johns Hopkins University
Paige M. Bracci
Paige M. Bracci University of California, San Francisco
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
Dimitrios Trichopoulos Harvard University
Ann L. Oberg
Ann L. Oberg Mayo Clinic

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